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Im having difficulty finding names I like. I need two - three names that roll off the tongue and wouldn't be out of place with a long hyphenated surname.

No religious names

No surnames

No places

Nothing that rhymes with Aden

Upvote good suggestions otherwise post ones. Bonus points if it's a sci-fi name.

Edit: lots of good suggestions, but I think I'm going with 'Wash'.

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[–] tekeous@usenet.lol 80 points 11 months ago

Lemmy McLemmyface

[–] DarthYoshiBoy@kbin.social 42 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Megatron

  • Not religious
  • Not a surname
  • Not a place
  • Doesn't rhyme with Aden
  • Is a sci-fi name

The only issue little Megatron will ever face in life is the possibility of an Optimus Prime showing up some day, he's otherwise right on the path to world domination, and who couldn't love that? πŸ˜‰

Our Savior Megatron is absolutely a religious name and blasphemy to name some fleshy lump with it.

[–] fred@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Although, they'll call him Meg for short

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

And Starscream for a younger brother

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[–] Hegar@kbin.social 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm very partial to early bronze age names.

Epirmupi

Manishtushu

Tiglath

Inshushinak

Labarna

Naramsin

If you look at the Sumerian or Elamite king lists, you really can't go wrong.

[–] DaGeek247@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Manishtushu is nearly the worst name i have ever seen. Kids would absolutely wreck that guy all the way to college.

[–] Hegar@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People are going to make fun of the conqueror of Anshan, King of Kish, Ruler of Sumer and Akkad? That seems unlikely to me.

[–] DaGeek247@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Man-ish tush-u. It aint hard to see why the kid would grow to hate his name.

[–] Moonguide@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

He'll have to get tough or die

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[–] fred@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 31 points 11 months ago

I would either go with a easy to remember naming system, something like child_male_0000, or with a type 4 UUID, to avoid naming collisions.

[–] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] casmael@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago

Excellent suggestion your grace

[–] Kushia@lemmy.ml 18 points 11 months ago

I hope you don't go with your edit.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Please don't name your kid Wash

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)
  • Latitude
  • Avalanche
  • Glacier
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[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Hobart_the_GoKart@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Egon

Dax

Ash

Declan

Dana

Kira

Miles

Leland

Zhora

Keeping the rule of shorter first name with longer/complicated last name, I picked a few from my future pet possibility list. Pets names at our house generally have sci-fi origins.

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[–] casmael@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

What about my favourite, β€˜HM Revenue and Customs’

[–] Plasma@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago
[–] FunkyMonk@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] jmbmkn 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is sci-fi because of Wesley Crusher from Star Trek

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[–] johan@feddit.nl 7 points 11 months ago
[–] Puppet007@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IDK, does Thor or Odin count as a religious name? I always thought Yoda could work as a name.

On the completely awful side, why not Krys?

Trogdor?

[–] Froyn@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

I too vote Trogdor bonus points for middle name Burninator

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] shapis@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Meredith.

After Meredith McKay.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"The-Original [Long-Hyphenated-surname]"

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

I like the name Robert, because it can be shortened to Rob, or Robby or Bob or Bobby. And it means "bright fame." Tom is also a good name, and William or Bill.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Eowen, it means "Bear God"... unless that's too religious.

Arthur and Beowolf are also bear names, if so.

[–] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Davel23@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

It's time to bring back Horace.

[–] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

I'll list a few that seem interesting to me. I have no idea whether they have religious origins, but they sound cool phonetically.

Felix Soren Ethan Kai Rowan Alex Isaac Levi Nico Kit Anakin River Logan Ari Ian

I don't know if those names would be appropriate for your area or culture or language or even laws, so I just provided a whole bunch in case a couple aren't suitable.

Hope this helps.

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Mario

Edit: Wait, that's not a surname, right?

[–] shiveyarbles 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Brodo (after Brodo Swaggins)

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Non religious is pretty hard, but non biblical is way easier. BTW, you mean English names?

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[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Constantine?

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

I don't have any suggestions myself but this site might help.

[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Kelsier

Dalinar

Raoden

[–] Zellith@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Batman Bin Suparman.

[–] dukatos@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago
[–] Mr_1077@monero.town 3 points 11 months ago

What do you think of Marcus?

[–] Genghis@monero.town 3 points 11 months ago
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